The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

CHICAGO is the largest railroad centre in the
world 1t has twenty trunk lines. Buffalo has
| eleven roads.
THE rains that have fallen in some parts of
New England lately are declared to have been
the most copious known for twenty-five years.
THE planters of Brazil are now so successful
in obtaining laborers from Europe that some of
them will will free their slaves within the next
two or three years.
Two CARRIERS attend to the wants of Salem,
Or, where the free delivery system was inaugu-
rated on Aug /. One of them rides bicycle,
the other tricycle..
COFFEE RICE is the name of a gentleman
who has just been appointed director of one Of
the agricultural districts of California by the
Governor of that State.
THOMAS MORAN, Associate Justice of the APP
pellate Court of Illinois, says his mother, ma
tive of Ireland subject of Great Britain, took
out papers and became naturalized citizen of
New York State as far back as 1896 or 1897.
A coLoRED MAN of Hopkinsville, Ky, thought
to scare deaf mute of the place by suddenly
rushing out on him as he passed He was sue
cessful, for the mute was so alarmed that he
drew a revolver and shot five balls into the
practical joker, killing him.
SIXTY THOUSAND ORANGE TREES are on their
way to California from Japan, where they were
shipped on board of an English bark in the har-
Dor of Yokohama about two weeks ago. With
them also comes u miscellaneous assortment
of over $4,000 trees and shrubs Indigenous to
japan, which it is proposed to acclimatize in
California.
A NUGGET OF GELD weighing 1856 ounces and
five pennyweights was recently found near
Breckenridge. 1t is worth as a specimen close
to 5000. 1t is said to be the largest lump of
gold ever found in California, but one almost II
not quite as large, was taken from the Little
Annie mine in Summit district, Rio Grande
| county, late in 1875. Australia produced the
| largest nugget of gold ever discovered. 1t
| weighed 1876 pounds, and was found at Ballarat,
near Geelong.
An immense drainage work undertaken by the
Russian government contemplates the recovery
of the vast region known as the Pinsk marshes,
| in the southwest of Russia, near the borders Of
| Gallicia, and which hitherto has preventedcom-
| munication, not only between the Russian dis
trict on either side, but also between Russia and
| Austro- Germany Up TO the present time about
| 40OO, 900 acres have been reclaimed by means OF
| the construction of several thousand miles of
| bitches and canals. % g
A REMARKABLE FAMILY OF MUSICIANS known
| as the camilla Montenegro" have just left
| Chihuahua, Mexico, for an extended tour through
| the United States This group is composed of
| Mr. PanceZo Montenegro and nine children The
father has been their instructor, and is now the
director of his pupils. Some of his children are
| graduates of the Conservatory of Music, located
at the City. of Mexico. They furnish both instrr-
mental and vocal music, and play every instru-
ment from the bass violin to a drum. The
! youngest virtuoso of the group is Ratfaela,
little girl only years of age, and she, it is said,
| handles the drumSticks to perfection
| In PHILADELPHIA young man named Hugh
Fries, who had been once confined in an asylum
for predetermined children, was taken before
court charged with theft. In reply to a question
| from the Judge. Fries said I'm regard to my
| insanity, of the physicians in the asylum
| said was crazy and the other said was not.
| You know doctors sometimes differ" What
| is your own opinion about itl'' asked the Judge.
| ''Self-praise is no recommendation, smilingy
| answered the defendant. The craZiest man
| out of the asylum will say he is sane. Others
may look upon me as insane. l hardly know,
| but think am perfectly sensible" You APP
| pear to be, and it ought to be a consolation to
you that you think so, - remarked the Judge, as
the prisoner was placed back in the dock.
SIT must be DONE" said the President, ac
| cepting the st. Louis invitation. This remark -
says a Washington correspondent of the Philadel
| phia Record $50 pleased the st. Louis delega-
| ton that they made it a watchword of their
| visit. While they were here, when they went to
| Mount Vernon and when they left for home,
| every other word seems to bave been 1t must
| be done Whether the proposition had been to
take drink or the train, to pay a bill or CALL
| the reply chorlSed by as Macy of the delegates
| as heard it was always the same, 1T must be
| done Before they left for st. Louis they had
III must DE done panied on a long SUIlp OF COZ
ton and tackled on the side of their principal
| car When the President shall get out to ST.
| Louis he will find it everywhere In the next
| campaign, according to some of the MissOurianS,
the transparencies will all bear this legend:
| For reelection, Grover Cleveland, of New
| York-It must be done
| A JERSEY CITY POLICE OFFICER on Friday had
his attention attracted to a milk wagon in which
were middle aged man and girl apparently
| about Is or IS years old. The appearance of the
couple and the rig indicated that they were
| from the country, and the Sergeant, after queS-
| tionng the man, took them to a station house.
| The man gave his age as 10, and said he was
| millmau from Camden, n. ]. His companion
| was also from Camden. He told queer story.
| He said his wife left him some time ago and
| went to live with negro He decided to drive
| to New York and sell his horse and wagon, and
| started on Sunday night. On the outskirts of
| Camden he met the girl who told him she had
| left home because her father beat her. She
| asked him to take her with him, and he con-
| scented They drove all the way from Camden
| journeying by night, and resting during the day
| IN a hotel or farm house a Justice decided to
| hold the couple until the authorities of Camden
| could be communicated with and some informa-
| ton obtained about them.
| SOMEWHAT of sensation was caused in Phila-
delphia Thursday last by the death of Melville
REESE Dill, brother of United States Marshal A.
| H. Dill, while under the influence of ether being
| administered by Dr.. Agnew and Prof. William
| White, a prominent Professor OF the University
| of Pennsylvania. The patient was undergoing
a safe. but painful operation under the knife,
| when he suddenly stopped breathing. Squibbs
| ether was used, and was administered on a towel
| folded in the shape of a cone, in the ordinary
| way. The patient took il very well, and in
| about ten or fifteen minutes was completely I'M
/ der its influence. whereupon the operation was
| begun. The ether used pronounced by
| both physicians as undoubtedly the best that
| could be procured. The method of administra-
ton was the one employed by these physicians
for many years. Neither of them in their indi
| vidual practice had had, it was stated, a fatal
case before. The high standing of tie physi-
| clans and the prominence of Mr.. Dill in Demo
cratic political circles in the State caused a
! sensation.
| TAT the time Of the census of 1880 there were
ten cities in the United States with more than
! 100000 inhabitants each. They were New York,
Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Chicago Boston, st.
| Louis, Baltimore, Cincinnati San Francisco and
| New Orleans. Their populations aggregated
| 4,9l4,S97. In 1887 the number of cities with
more than 200 900 inhabitants had increased to
| fourteen. the four additional being Buffalo.
! Cleveland, Pittsburg and Washington The total
| pOOulotiOn of these fourteen cities was pSti-